How to clean up multiple git merges?

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by daisha , in category: Third Party Scripts , 4 months ago

How to clean up multiple git merges?

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by aniya.jaskolski , 4 months ago

@daisha 

To clean up multiple git merges, you can use the following steps:

  1. Go to the repository where you want to clean up the merges.
  2. Use the git log command to see the commit history and identify the merges that you want to clean up.
  3. Use the git rebase -i
  4. In the interactive rebase screen, mark the merge commits that you want to clean up with edit.
  5. When the rebase reaches the commit before the first merge commit you want to clean up, use the git reset --hard
  6. Use the git rebase --skip command to skip the merge commit that you want to clean up.
  7. Repeat the rebase process for each merge commit that you want to clean up.
  8. Once you have cleaned up all the unwanted merge commits, push the changes to the remote repository using the git push --force command to overwrite the existing history with the cleaned up commits.


It is important to be cautious when using force push as it can rewrite the history for all users of the repository. It is recommended to communicate with your team members before performing a force push.